Redding

See also: redding

English

Etymology

Heterographic variant of Reading.

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Redding

  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city, the county seat of Shasta County, California.
      • 1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 328:
        Weʼre in Redding – a little west of Redding in a park, really. Redding is a sizable city.
      • 2026 January 23, Mike Mangas, Timea Horvath, “Conservative group plans to split California, holds 'New California' convention in Redding”, in KRCR‎[1], archived from the original on 27 January 2026:
        A politically conservative group hoping to split California into two states is holding its convention in Redding.
    2. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
      • 2001 December 23, Gary Santaniello, “A Surge in Controversy for Power Proposal”, in The New York Times‎[2], archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
        "We know energy demand in Fairfield County is growing, whether it's 1.25 percent, 2 percent or 3 percent," said Joe Dolan, a Redding resident and president of Communities for Responsible Energy, an umbrella organization comprising representatives from four of the towns challenging C. L. and P.'s plan.
    3. A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
    4. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
    5. A minor city in Ringgold County, Iowa.
    6. A township in Clare County, Michigan.
  3. A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9278).
  4. Misspelling of Reading.

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